US Patent 7961418 Resistivity sense bias circuits and methods of operating the same

Resistivity sense bias circuits are described herein. An example resistivity sense bias circuit for use with a magnetoresistive read head includes a current biasing portion configured to provide a bias current across the magnetoresistive read head thereby establishing a bias voltage across the magnetoresistive read head, a resistivity sensing portion coupled to the current biasing portion and configured to sense a change in the bias current based on a resistivity change of the magnetoresistive read head, and a voltage source to provide the bias voltage and to adjust the bias voltage in response to the resistivity change of the magnetoresistive read head.